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A Roomba for the Reef - The folks who founded iRobot have turned their expertise to ways to sweep up lionfishes from deep waters.

THIS WEEK’S PHOTO

Bumblebee on purple thistle, photographed in Stow, Mass. The yellow spot is her pollen basket.

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHT

At the annual Springfest celebration in Stow, Mass., Minutemen reenactors prepare for the parade. In the early morning hours of April 19th, 1775, Stow, a hotbed of revolutionary fervor, sent a company of Minutemen to neighboring Concord to take part in the battle there that launched the American Revolution.